01/19: Madison West High School

Performing "Dont Let Me Fall."

Madison, WI - After a wonderfully short drive from campus, FS arrived at Madison West High School. There we spent the morning entertaining choir students who got a chance to ask us questions about our arranging process and acappella in general. We hope we were able to provide some helpful insight for your projects and thank you for having us!

Dcon giving a killer VP demonstration.

January 23, 2012   No Comments

01/18: Sharon Community School

Performing a Disney classic for the students of Sharon.

Sharon, WI - After a very early start to the day we headed east to Sharon Community School in Sharon, WI.  There we had the pleasure of performing for very excited elementary and middle school aged students.  Thank you so much for having us and we hope you enjoyed the show! After a quick lunch we made our way back to the great city of Madison to start the tail end of tour with performances at Madison area high schools.

Some of FS's favorite activities include singing, dancing, and jumping around.

January 21, 2012   2 Comments

01/17: Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School

Performing "Not Over You" for the 9-10 Women's Choir.

Galesville, WI – Fundamentally Sound’s 17th started out with a drive south to Alex’s hometown of Galesville, WI to perform at the G-E-T School District.  Our school day was filled to the brim with performances for 7 different audiences throughout the middle school and high school.  We then headed to the Schacherl household to rest up for another performance.

Singing for Alex's mom, a teacher at G-E-T Middle School.

Later that night we held a benefit show for the public to help promote the high school’s own acappella group Vocal Point, who will be competing in the World Choir Games in Cincinnati the summer. We would like to thank everyone who came out to support the program and G-E-T Community for providing a wonderful audience. Another huge thank you to David Porto for joining us on the majority of tour to film and help out.  We hope you enjoy your time out in Massachusetts!  We’ll keep the thank you train rolling with a final thanks to both the Schacherls and the Mergahndahls for hosting us, and to the rest of the families that gave us hospitality over tour, you made it all possible!

Striking a pose with the members of Vocal Point. Good luck this summer!

January 21, 2012   No Comments

01/16: Rice Lake High School

Keeping things funky with our Rendition of "So Insane"

Rice Lake, WI –  we started out the new school week with a trek back into Wisconsin and the beautiful North Woods.  We spent the day singing and answering questions for high school and middle school students from the Rice Lake School District, alma mater of Bryce.  WE spent the night at Bryce Manor and even got a chance to go and sing in the moonlight.  Thank you to the Aul family for having us!

Singing "Signed" for a middle school student whom we hope was impressed with us!

January 21, 2012   No Comments

01/15: Maplewood Community Center

Rocking out to our Theme Song.

Maplewood, MN – After a relaxing Saturday, FS continued on its journey with a show at the Maplewood Community Center.  We performed for a fantastic audience of friends and family.  Thank you to all who attended for your support and to the MCC for hosting us! We finished off the night with bowling, arcade games, and other shenanigans including our new members competing in our annual “Mute Competition.”  Thank you so much to Adam’s family for hosting us over the weekend, it was greatly appreciated!

Congrats to David, our 2012 Mute Champion!

January 21, 2012   No Comments

01/13: Edina High School and Mahtomedi High School

Edina, MN – Fundamentally sound finished out the school with consecutive high school visits. We started out with a very early visit to Brett’s Edina High School. After our performances we made the trek to the other side of the twin cities.

Our excited, 7:45 am audience.

Mahtomedi, MN - We then arrived at Adam’s Mahtomedi High School.  After 4 performances, and FS helping a girl ask her date to their winter formal (he said yes!) we headed back to Adam’s home in Hugo, MN to set up camp for the weekend.  Jim and Paige: thank you so much for your hospitality and putting up with us for 3 nights!

Displaying our strength of a raging fire!

To see more pictures from Edina and Mahtomedi click here.

January 16, 2012   No Comments

01/12: Lincoln High School

Bryce serenading the masses with "Come on, get higher."

Manitowoc, WI – With 2 days down FS headed to Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, WI, home of our esteemed President Joe. After performing for an absolutely wonderful crowd be braved Wisconsin’s 1st real snow in weeks and safely made it to Edina, MN!

James turnin' the swag up for our "Kanye Medley"

To see more of our exploits from Lincoln click here.

January 13, 2012   No Comments

01/11: Kaukauna High School

FS could give The Temptations a run for their money with our rendition of "Ain't to proud to Beg."

We finished our January 11th with a stop at David’s Kaukauna High School.  We spent the night sharing our talents with family and friends of the Kaukuana area and finished the night with ice cream and popcorn with the Grube family and the very generous Christiansons.  Thank you again so much for your hospitality!

Signed, Sealed, Delivered for an excited fan!

For more pictures of our Kaukauna night show click here.

January 12, 2012   No Comments

01/11: University Lake School and Muskego High School

Hartland, WI – FS started out our second day of FSITGFMMXII (Fundamentally Sound’s Interstatal Tour of Greatness and Fame 2012) by performing at University Lake School, alma mater of Will and JP Villavicencio.

Thank you to the Villavicencio's for once again graciously hosting us!

Muskego, WI – We then continued our journey eastward to Muskego, hometown of alumnus Chris Morgan.  After we serenaded the lovely ladies of the Advanced Women’s Choir we continued our trek to Kaukauna, WI to spend a night with the Grube family!

FS welcomes alumnus Chris Morgan back to his roots!

To see more pictures of our adventures at ULS and Muskego click here.

January 12, 2012   No Comments

01/10: Johnson Creek, WI

Kick starting our 2012 winter tour!

Johnson Creek, WI – Jumping right into our intensive tour we started our trek at the Johnson Creek School District where Lee Stovall, an alumni and founding member, is a music teacher.  We spent the day performing and answering questions for the Elementary, Middle, and High School Students. Next up: University Lake School int Hartland, WI!

To check out more photos of our performances in Johnson Creek, click here.

Serenading Mrs. Wiley, a 4th grade teacher.

January 10, 2012   1 Comment